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==Childhood==
Freda was the daughter of Bartholomew Malan (b. 1832 Piedmonte, Italy - d. 1911 Highland, IL) and Jennie Combe Malan (b. 1843 Lausanne, Switzerland - d. 1913 Highland, IL).
Bartholomew was the son of Etienne Malan (b. 1811 Italy - d. 1889 Sebastopol, IL) and Suzanne Bennett Malan (b. 1811 Italy - d. 1877 Sebastopol, IL).
Jennie was the daughter of Jean Paul Combe (b. 1807 Italy - d. 1878 Highland, IL) and Madelaine Salome Soumi Combe (b. 1806 Rougemont, Vaud, Switzerland - d. 1872 Highland, IL)
==Siblings==
* Stephen L. Malan (b. 1872 Saint Rose, IL - d. 1915 Greenville, IL) m. Melvina Decreval (b. 1882 Sebastopol, IL - d. 1950 St. Louis, MO) in Clinton, IL;
* Rebecca Malan (b. 1863 IL - d. 1928 St. Louis, MO)
* Henry E. Malan (b. 1870 IL - d. 1926 West Frankfort, IL)
==Marriage==
On October 4, 1899, Freda married [[George Gruen]] in Bond, Illinois. Freda was the daughter of Bartholomew Malan (b. 1832 Piedmonte, Italy - d. 1911 Highland, IL) and Jennie Combe Malan (b. 1843 Lausanne, Switzerland - d. 1913 Highland, IL).
==Children==
* Bertha Gruen married Alfred Baseler, a leading brother among the Kelly-Continental brethren (Reunited Brethren) who was instrumental in merging his group with the Glanton Brethren in the early 1970's.
* Samuel Brian Gruen (b. 1903 Saint Rose, IL - d. 1950 Sabetha, KS) m. Edna Mae Wells (b. 1910 Sadlea, MO - d. 1997 Raymore, MO); Baptist deacon; ** Samuel Edward Gruen (b. 1929 Abilene, KS - d. 2005 Maize, KS)
** Richard Eugene Gruen (b. 1934 Abilene, KS - d. 1999 San Juan Capistrano, CA)
** Ernest J. Gruen (b. 1936 Abilene, KS - d. 2009 Lenexa, KS), married Delores Ann Slaughter. See [http://www.oldmp.com/godgivesmore.htm one bio]. He authored six books and pastored Baptist churches ten years in Wichita. Then in 1966, he co-founded "Full Faith Church of Love" megachurch in Kansas City, KS, now known as "[[https://crosspointschurch.com/ Cross Points Church]" in Shawnee, of which hived "[https://www.bridgewaykc.com/ Bridgeway Church]" in Lenexa, KS in 2014, and "[https://www.parkcitykc.com/ Park City Church]" in Overland Park, KS in 2017.
* Eva Martha Gruen Martin (1905-1989) studied at Emporia State, and the Baptist Missionary Training school in Chicago, and left for India in 1932. In 1937, she married John Clough Martin, a Baptist pastor there in Ongole, South India, who studied at Dennison University, and Colgate University Divinity School. John's grandfather, Dr. John E. Clough, was a pioneer missionary in South India also. She died in Burnsville, [[Minnesota|MN]].
* Ruth Gruen (b. 1907 IL - d. 1989 Erie, PA) m. Lewis Day Iredell (b. 1900 Erie, PA - d. 1968 Erie, PA), son of Arthur D. Iredell (b. 1868 Franklin, OH - d. 1905 Erie, PA) and Alice Jessie Lewis Iredell (b. 1870 Erie, PA - d. 1941 Erie, PA)
* Alice C. Gruen Waddell (b. 1909 Taylorville, IL - d. 2006 Seattle, WA) m. Paul V. Waddell in 1948 at Fremont Baptist, Seattle;
* Timothy George Gruen (1914-1992) m. Lola Mae Cormack (1915-2004); served @ First Baptist of Abilene;
* Donna Gruen Kooken - Flower Mound, TX
* Paul Frederick Gruen (b. 1923 Abilene, KS - d. 1990 Los Angeles, CA) moved to St. Louis in 1944, Los Angeles in 1950 with McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, later with Lockheed Aircraft. Never married. His nephew T.Lee officiated his funeral at Newbern.